Album by a Secular Artist

• Barbara Mandrell - He Set My Life to Music

Artist of the Year

• Sandi Patti

Children's Music Album of the Year

• Robert MacKenzie, Ronn Huff - Kids Under Construction

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

• Walter Hawkins Family - Walter Hawkins & Family Live

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Sandi Patti

Gospel Music Hall of Fame

• John Newton
• Dr. Lowell Mason
• Thomas A. Dorsey
• John T. Benson Sr.
• B.B. McKinney
• Haldor Lillenas
• Charles Gabriel

Group of the Year

• Imperials

Inspirational Album of the Year

• Joni Eareckson - Joni's Song

Inspirational Black Gospel Album

• Oakland Symphony Orchestra and Edwin Hawkins - Edwin Hawkins Live

Instrumentalist of the Year

• Dino Kartsonakis

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Russ Taff

Musical of the Year

• Phil Brower, Don Wyrtzen - The Love Story

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

• Imperials - Priority

Praise & Worship Album of the Year

• Ronn Huff - Exaltation

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

• Cynthia Clawson - Finest Hour

Song of the Year

• Dottie Rambo - We Shall Behold Him

Songwriter of the Year

• Dottie Rambo

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

• Rex Nelson Singers - One Step Closer

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

• Shirley Caesar - Go